Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Facing intense pressure over the threat of a shutdown in less than two days, lawmakers are racing to push through a government funding plan by Friday’s midnight deadline.

The Senate voted Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund the government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding was due to lapse. KTLA's John Fenoglio reports live on Mar.

Amid Democratic warring over Schumer’s decision not to block it, the GOP stopgap bill was passed by the Senate 54-46.